"I had a wrestling coach that taught us that if we got hit in the testicles, grab your hamstring."
Been coaching HS wrestling in some capacity for 30 years. Had a kid get a meniscus scope after FB and came out a few weeks late. He was a pretty good wrestler, refs knew who he was, and since most ref'd football in the fall, knew he'd had his knee done. For the first half of the season, whenever he needed a breather, he'd call injury time and grab his left knee. Of course, it was his right knee that had been scoped. Trainer would meet me on the mat, I'd roll my eyes and say "He's fine", hand him a water bottle, and he'd take his minute or so and the ref was none the wiser.
1) The Neo treadmill—*Stunned* the Angels would have the latest model of anything. Arte found their PitchTrax on eBay and it’s an early model which runs on diesel.
2) I suspect Minasian is allowing Trout extra time on IL because the team’s season isn’t on the line, and this has allowed more looks at Moniak and Adell, to see if either is a longer term fit and/or a trade piece.
This isn’t like placing healthy players on the IL because Trout’s injury and surgery are both known, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Minasian is playing the long game, giving Trout extra time to get his knee built back up (since he’s under contract with the Angels until he turns 72), and using his absence to evaluate the other OF in more games than would be possible if Trout was a daily presence.
Both valid points. I think Minasian is taking a very conservative route in the rehab plan because getting Trout back 3 weeks earlier is really the difference between losing 98 games or 95.
I get the legacy/500 HR angle, but while Trout was compared to Mantle plenty in his first 5 seasons, I don’t think he wants the knee to be a new comp with the Mick. Trout has been a growing collection of nagging injuries and I think they’re working to prevent the knee being added to the collection.
"I had a wrestling coach that taught us that if we got hit in the testicles, grab your hamstring."
Been coaching HS wrestling in some capacity for 30 years. Had a kid get a meniscus scope after FB and came out a few weeks late. He was a pretty good wrestler, refs knew who he was, and since most ref'd football in the fall, knew he'd had his knee done. For the first half of the season, whenever he needed a breather, he'd call injury time and grab his left knee. Of course, it was his right knee that had been scoped. Trainer would meet me on the mat, I'd roll my eyes and say "He's fine", hand him a water bottle, and he'd take his minute or so and the ref was none the wiser.
Re:Trout
1) The Neo treadmill—*Stunned* the Angels would have the latest model of anything. Arte found their PitchTrax on eBay and it’s an early model which runs on diesel.
2) I suspect Minasian is allowing Trout extra time on IL because the team’s season isn’t on the line, and this has allowed more looks at Moniak and Adell, to see if either is a longer term fit and/or a trade piece.
This isn’t like placing healthy players on the IL because Trout’s injury and surgery are both known, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Minasian is playing the long game, giving Trout extra time to get his knee built back up (since he’s under contract with the Angels until he turns 72), and using his absence to evaluate the other OF in more games than would be possible if Trout was a daily presence.
2) Trout has to think about legacy, as I said. That's the surprise to me. What's the bigger question is why the knee *would even need* longer time.
Both valid points. I think Minasian is taking a very conservative route in the rehab plan because getting Trout back 3 weeks earlier is really the difference between losing 98 games or 95.
I get the legacy/500 HR angle, but while Trout was compared to Mantle plenty in his first 5 seasons, I don’t think he wants the knee to be a new comp with the Mick. Trout has been a growing collection of nagging injuries and I think they’re working to prevent the knee being added to the collection.